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Classes Spring 2005

Latin

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Jeweled Lady from the Roman Cemetery at the Egyptian Fayum Oasis

Latin


Cesare Maccari, Quo usque tandem (1882-1888, Sala Maccari in the Italian Senate, Rome)
The consul Cicero is giving his famous First Catilinarian Speech in the Curia or Senate House (63 BCE),
the rebel Catilina in front is being shunned by his fellow senators. Contrary to the impression given by the picture, Catilina (45) was actually two years older than Cicero, who was 43 years old at the time.
(enlarged picture)

Latin 13-012: Elementary Latin II (1) (Knorr)
MWF 09:10a-10:10a, ETN 105
Latin 132-02: Elementary Latin II (1) (Bachvarova)
MWF 12:40p-01:40p, ETN 207
(Syllabus) (Answer Sheets)

This course continues last semester’s intensive introduction to the Latin language and the culture of the ancient Romans. This semester, readings will focus on the famous orator, lawyer, and statesman Cicero (106-43 BCE) and two of the greatest triumphs of his career, the Verres Scandal (70 BCE), in which Cicero successfully prosecuted the former governor of Sicily, Verres, for his outrageous corruption, and the Catilinarian Conspiracy (63 BCE) which the 43-year-old consul Cicero uncovered and crushed. Once in a while, we will also continue to make forays into the sphere of Latin poetry. You will substantially enlarge your Latin reading skills and learn more about the tumultuous Roman politics of the 1st century BCE that caused the end of the Roman republic.

Required Textbook:
P. V. Jones and K. C. Sidwell, Reading Latin, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986 (vol. 1: Text; vol. 2: Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises).
 

Latin 232: Latin Poetry: The Epigrams of Martial (1) (Knorr)
MWF 12:40p-1:40p, ETN 108
(Syllabus - not yet available)
The Roman poet Martial (40-ca. 104CE) is an acknowledged master of the epigrammatic genre. His short, witty poems are fun to read and not only convey Martial's deep perception of human nature but also afford us a satirical glimpse at life in Rome in the late 1st century CE.

Prerequisites: Latin 231.

Required Textbooks:
Martial, Selected Epigrams, ed. by Lindsay and Patricia Watson, Cambridge, Cambridge University
                Press, 2003, ISBN: 0521555396, $27.99.
Charles E. Bennett, New Latin Grammar, Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 1995,
                ISBN 0-86516-261-1, $24.00.
John C. Traupman, The New College Latin & English Dictionary. New York, NY:
               Bantam Books, 1995, ISBN 0-553-57301-2, $5.99.

 
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Greek

Acropolis in Athens

Greek 132 Elementary Ancient Greek II (1) (Bachvarova)
MWF 03:00p-04:00p, ETN 207

This course continues last semester’s intensive introduction to the language and culture of the ancient Greeks.

Required Textbook:
Hansen, H. and G. M. Quinn. Greek: An Intensive Course. Fordham University Press: New York, NY, 1992, ISBN: 0823216632, $37.50.
 
GREEK 232a Hellenistic and New Testament Greek (1) (McGaughy)
MWF 11:30a-12:30p, ETN 108

Reading and translation of selected Greek texts from the Greco-Roman period, including the New Testament, the Septuagint, Josephus, Philo, and the Apostolic Fathers; some attention to Hellenistic grammar, papyrology, and textual criticism. Prerequisite: Greek 132.
[NB: This course fulfills the 4th sem lang req in Greek, just as the regular GREEK 232 Intermediate Greek Poetry]
 

GREEK 351-01 (US, 4th Sem. Greek) Readings in Greek Religion: Aeschylus, Eumenides (1) (Bachvarova)
[taught in connection with CLAS 351: Greek & Neareastern Religion]
MWF 01:50p-02:50p ETN 425; Th TBA, ETN 108

This course will be taught concurrently with CLAS 351 Greek and Near Eastern Religions. We will meet one extra hour per week to read the Eumenides in Greek. Attention will be paid to dialectal forms, meter, and the formal components of tragedy. Prerequisite: GREEK 232 or consent of instructor.

Required Textbooks:
Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Harvard U Press, 1987.
Christopher Collard (tr.), Aeschylus: Oresteia. Oxford U Press, 2003.
Sommerstein, Alan (comm.). Aeschylus: Eumenides, Cambridge U Press, 1989.

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Hebrew

 

Herodian Lamp

HEBR 132 Elementary Classical Hebrew II (Seidel)
TTh 09:40a-11:10a, ETN 108

This course continues last semester's introduction to the original language of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Using the inductive method, students will be introduced to the morphology and syntax of ancient Hebrew by translating selected passages from the Hebrew Bible.

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Classes in the Classical Studies Program
CLAS 247 (IT, 4th Sem. Greek/Latin) Women in Roman Literature and Life (1) (Knorr)
TTh 01:50p-03:20p ETN 425 (Syllabus)

Through the study of ancient Roman texts in translation, this course explores the life of women in ancient Rome and the way their experience is reflected in five hundred years of Latin literature.
 
CLAS/REL 351 (US, 4th Sem. Greek) Greek & Near Eastern Religion (1) (Bachvarova)
MWF 01:50p-02:50p ETN 425

Ancient Eastern Mediterranean religion cannot be understood without taking into account the interplay between economic, political and religious spheres, and the key role it played in justifying social structures, and coercing individuals to play their proper part in upholding social institutions. A variety of sociological and anthropological theories and approaches will be applied to the following topics within ancient Eastern Mediterranean religion: divination, Aphrodite, Apollo, cosmogony, festivals, and worship of the dead. The course will end with a reading of a Greek tragedy, Aeschylus’ "Eumenides," situating it in its religious and ritual context. Throughout students will constantly be confronted with the question, why are Greek and Near Eastern religions so similar? Can specific similarities be attributed to a common source, borrowing, membership in a single cultural area, or is this "how humans think"?

Required Textbooks:
Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Harvard U Press, 1987.
Christopher Collard (tr.), Aeschylus: Oresteia. Oxford U Press, 2003.
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Demosthenes (384-322 B.C.E.)

RHET 231-01 Classical Rhetoric (1) (Clark)
MWF 09:10a-10:10a, ETN 425
RHET 231-02 Classical Rhetoric (1) (Clark)
MWF 10:20a-11:20a, ETN 425

We will be looking at why the Greeks and Romans were so anxious to master the skills of persuasion at the same time they feared that power. We talk about the obligations of citizenship and why this led to the development of a "grammar" of the rhetorical act. We model forensic, deliberative and epideictic speeches by Pericles, Demosthenes, and Cicero, among others.
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